Lucy Kate Beere MBE (born 7 July 1982) is a Guernsey international lawn and indoor bowler.[1]
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| Born | 7 July 1982 Newport, Isle of Wight | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Bowls career edit
Outdoors edit
She has represented Guernsey at four Commonwealth Games; competing in the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, the 2018 Commonwealth Games in the Gold Coast[2][3] and the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham where she won a silver medal in the singles event.[4]
In 2019, she won the singles and pairs silver medal at the Atlantic Bowls Championships[5] and during the same year she won three gold medals at the European Bowls Championships.[6]
In 2020, she was selected for the 2020 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Australia but the event was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[7]
In 2022, she competed in the women's singles and the women's pairs at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.[8] At the Games, Beere won Guernsey's first medal in 28 years, by winning the silver medal in the singles event[9] where she lost by 21 shots to 17 in the final to Australian Ellen Ryan.[10]
In 2023, she was selected again as part of the team to represent Guernsey at the 2023 World Outdoor Bowls Championship.[11] She participated in the women's singles and the women's pairs events.[12][13]
Shortly after the World Championships and still on the Gold Coast, Beere won the silver medal at the World Singles Champion of Champions for the second time, losing to Anne Nunes in the final, 2–5, 4–3, 3–6.[14]
Indoors edit
In 2018, she defeated Rebecca Van Asch in the final of the World Cup Singles[15] and has finished runner-up twice.[16]
Honours edit
Beere was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2023 New Year Honours for services to bowls on Guernsey.[17]
References edit
- ^ "Athletes and Results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ^ "profile". Bowls tawa.
- ^ "Biography". CGF Glasgow 2014.
- ^ "Bowler Beere wins historic silver for Guernsey". BBC Sport. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
- ^ "2019 Atlantic Championships". World Bowls. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
- ^ "2019 results". Bowls Europe. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
- ^ "2020 WORLD BOWLS CHAMPIONSHIPS: COMPETING COUNTRIES". Bowls Australia.
- ^ "Official Games profile". 2022 Commonwealth Games. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
- ^ "Lucy Beere wins Guernsey's first Commonwealth Games medal for 28 years". ITV. 2 August 2022. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
- ^ "Ryan's express fightback wins Commonwealth Games lawn bowls gold for Australia". Inside the Games. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
- ^ "COMPETITORS CONFIRMED: WORLD BOWLS OUTDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS 2023". Bowls International. 5 June 2023. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
- ^ "Events and Results, World Championships 2023 Gold Coast, Australia". World Bowls. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
- ^ "SCHEDULE & DRAWS". Bowls Australia. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
- ^ "Results". World Bowls Match Center. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
- ^ "Bowls World Cup to begin in Warilla". Inside the Games.
- ^ "World Cup indoor singles – Day 9". Bowls International.
- ^ "No. 63918". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 2022. p. N28.
External links edit
- Lucy Kate Beere at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games (archived)
- Lucy Beere at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games